Coach Kevin Wilson said it's important for the IU offense to keep up tonight. 'You need touchdowns, not field goals,' he said. 'That's a formula to lose when you're playing an option team.'

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David Woods
The Indianapolis Star

Indiana University has not been preparing for Navy since spring football practice just because it could. Nor has coach Kevin Wilson asked fans to be loud for tonight's game because he felt a sudden surge of school spirit.

Navy represents the first in a sequence of games that the Hoosiers badly need to win if they are to reach a bowl game for the first time since 2007. It is an early crossroads.

Computer rankings are not flawless, but they supply insight into what the Hoosiers are facing - that is, beginning with Navy, seven consecutive games where the current Sagarin ratings have IU as the ...